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Dictionary of the Swatow Dialect.

ngṳ̂n chit sîaⁿ tâng;

found by assaying it that it was three parts silver to seven of copper.
cē lô̤h lô khṳ̀ kheng cū mêng-pêh;: if you put it in the crucible and assay it, you will know just what it is.

pêh ok chut kong-kheng;: a house of unstained reputation sends forth noblemen.
put hâk cía kong-kheng cṳ cṳ́ ûi sù mîn, to̤ hâk cía sù mîn cṳ cṳ́ ûi kong-kheng;: the sons of noblemen, if they do not study, become common people, while the sons of common people, if diligent in learning, become noblemen.
kheng sìang;: a grandee.
cìaⁿ kheng, sìo kheng;: the president and the vice president of the four lower courts.

i sĭ taⁿ kheng-kíaⁿ kâi nâng; he is one who does odd jobs. khîeh kha kheng lâi chō̤;: take a basket to put it in.
cang taⁿ-kheng taⁿ lâi;: take carrying baskets, and bring it.
kheng thâu;: a fish basket.
pái tŏ̤ kheng-pûaⁿ kò̤ bōi;: spread out on a basket-work stall for sale.
còi kheng;: a basket to hold hempen fibers.
ô kheng;: a large round basket.

m̄ khéng hiah;: won't cease.
m̄ khéng lâi;: won't come.
m̄ khéng khṳt úa;: will not let me have it.
m̄ cai i khéng mē;: do not know whether he is willing.
i ā-sĭ khéng úa cū àiⁿ lâi khṳ̀;: if he is willing then I will go.
i to m̄ khéng thiaⁿ úa kâi ūe;: he never heeds what I say.
nín ā-sĭ khéng siang-sìn úa cū hó̤;: it is all right provided you are willing to trust me.
i sĭang khéng cîah khéng tàⁿ;: he is always ready to eat and to talk.
cí kù ūe tàⁿ lâi cū tòng khéng;: what you just said is agreeable to my mind.
phah sí m̄ khéng cio;: though you beat him to death, he will not own it.
khéng cò̤ gû, kiaⁿ ùi bô̤ lôi thua;: if you are willing to do the work of an ox, there is no reason to fear that you won't have a plow to draw.
hău-seⁿ-kíaⁿ īa-sĭ khéng gîap-lâk kiaⁿ-ùi bô̤ cîah bô̤ chēng;: if a young fellow is willing to work hard, there is no reason to fear that he will not have food and clothing.

a time as a half day that he was gone; he was gone more than half a day.

cìeⁿ cōi cò̤-nî cìaⁿ khéng cìeⁿ tăng?: How can so much as that weigh no more than that?
úa thóiⁿ li m̄ khéng;: I think there is more than that.
cò̤ khéng hìeⁿ tn̂g?: How can it be of only that length?
căi tit khéng nŏ̤ peh kâi?: How can there be so few as two hundred.

khà khèng;: to sound a bell by rapping on it with a stick.
khèng-pâi;: a musical triangle.
khà khèng-pâi;: play on a triangle.
thiaⁿ-kìⁿ khèng kheng-kheng-kìe;: heard the sound of bells.
cí kò̤ khèng kâi im hó̤ căi, tiang-tiang-kìe;: this dulcimer gives forth a very sweet sound, as it twangs.
lṳ́ ŭ khîeh cîⁿ kâk khèng a bô̤?: Did you throw down some cash by the bell (for the keeper of the temple, after worshiping there)?

pêh kuaⁿ hùe khṳ̀ khèng-hō̤;: all the officials have gone to present their congratulations.
khèng ngŵn-sio;: to express good wishes on the fifteenth day of the first month.
hṳ́ jît ā-sĭ hông-tîeh chîo-thêng kĭ sîn cū bô̤ cò̤ hí-khèng kâi sṳ̄;: if it happen that the day is the anniversary of an emperor's decease, there are no rejoicings.

khi-khio;: strange; queer; odd.
cí kĭaⁿ sṳ̄ cū khi-khio lío, kú-kùai lío;: this is a strange affair.
i kâi ūe tàⁿ chut lâi, thiaⁿ tîeh khi-khi khio-khio;: he speaks very strangely.
thóiⁿ tîeh khi-khio;: looked very strange.

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To impose upon; to abuse when in power. tōa hieⁿ khi-hŭ síe hieⁿ; a large village oppresses a small one.

i tô khi-hŭ úa;: he is always imposing upon me.
cìe-seⁿ sît-căi khi nâng thài sĭm;: this is certainly a very great imposition.
i to sĭ sĭ-sì khi-iap nâng;: he makes use of his power in intimidating and

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